9/29/2020

DEBATES: “The Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, pledged allegiance to President Donald Trump on Tuesday night after he told the group to ‘stand back and stand by’ during the first presidential debate…

Trump said to ‘give me a name’ when asked to denounce a specific group, and former Vice President Joe Biden called out the Proud Boys.

But Trump did not denounce any far-right or white supremacist groups, and he then pivoted to talk about antifa…

On the Proud Boys’ account on the social media app Telegram, the group appeared to take the statement as marching orders.”

-Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny, “Proud Boys celebrate after Trump’s debate callout,” nbcnews.com, Sep. 29, 2020